Self-efficacy of caregivers in helping cancer patients to deal with pain
Self-efficacy is the person's learned to success. Expectations of person to success will lead to the rise of confident level and increased the self-efficacy to perform the desire behavior. The objective of the study is to determine the level of self-efficacy of caregivers and its relationshi...
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| Format: | Monograph |
| Language: | English |
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Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia
2013
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/57472/ http://eprints.usm.my/57472/1/NUR%20ATIQAH%20BINTI%20MOHD%20NOR-24%20pages.pdf |
| Summary: | Self-efficacy is the person's learned to success. Expectations of person to success will lead
to the rise of confident level and increased the self-efficacy to perform the desire behavior.
The objective of the study is to determine the level of self-efficacy of caregivers and its
relationship with gender and stages of cancer. This study is a cross-sectional study using
the Self-Efficacy Scale questionnaire. Sixty five respondents were participated and data
were analyzed by using Independent t Test and One-Way ANOVA The level of self-efficacy
of the caregivers had shown low, moderate, high and very high level of self-efficacy.
By using Independent t Test, it shows that there are no significant difference of
gender and self-efficacy of the caregivers; on the other hand by using One-Way ANOVA, it
shows that there is significant difference of the self-efficacy and stages of cancer. The
higher the stages of cancer, the lower level of self-efficacy. As the conclusion self-efficacy
does not associated by gender of the caregivers but it depends on person expectations to
success where as long as the caregivers believe they can do it, then they will able to
perform it. The progressions of the disease bring out more stressor to the caregivers and
their self-efficacy also was affected. Therefore, the effective communication between the
health care provider and the family caregivers should be emphasized. Taken as a whole, the
health care provider especially nurses need to play their role and educate family caregivers
regarding the progression of disease. |
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